Information and communications technology

Information and communications technology (ICT) represents a long list of goods and services, including older technologies, such as the telephone and television, and more recent ones, such as mobile phones and the Internet.

With the rapid emergence and widespread use of technology in everyday life, there is little doubt that ICT is profoundly changing the way we communicate, process, and store information. Statistical and analytical information is provided on: the industries supplying ICT; the people, businesses, and governments using it; and its social and economic impact.